Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Thoughts
I decided to purchase 'Treasure Island' after coming across so many great reviews and ratings about it. Independent stated that this is a "book of a lifetime: a captivating story full of suspense". Besides, I haven't read any classic novels in the past year so I thought that it was about time I read one.
Briefly, the story revolves around a boy named Jim Hawkins who embarks on a quest to an island in search of treasure after finding Billy Bones' treasure map. During the voyage, Jim discovers that most of the crewmen (headed by Long John Silver) are actually pirates who are planning a mutiny and are going after the treasure themselves. Despite having opportunities to escape torture and even death, Jim's honest, brave, and heroic attitude drives him to attempt to rescue his acquaintances - Dr Livesey, John Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Abraham Gray, and Ben Gunn - from the pirates.
Although this is deemed to be a children's book, I find that the language used made it difficult to understand the plot as the story progresses, mainly due to the metaphors and pirate slang used. This definitely slowed down my reading a great deal; it took me longer than expected to finish this book. Nevertheless, this adventurous classic novel is highly captivating, with interesting characters coupled with unpredictable excitements.
Briefly, the story revolves around a boy named Jim Hawkins who embarks on a quest to an island in search of treasure after finding Billy Bones' treasure map. During the voyage, Jim discovers that most of the crewmen (headed by Long John Silver) are actually pirates who are planning a mutiny and are going after the treasure themselves. Despite having opportunities to escape torture and even death, Jim's honest, brave, and heroic attitude drives him to attempt to rescue his acquaintances - Dr Livesey, John Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Abraham Gray, and Ben Gunn - from the pirates.
Although this is deemed to be a children's book, I find that the language used made it difficult to understand the plot as the story progresses, mainly due to the metaphors and pirate slang used. This definitely slowed down my reading a great deal; it took me longer than expected to finish this book. Nevertheless, this adventurous classic novel is highly captivating, with interesting characters coupled with unpredictable excitements.
Favourite Quotes from 'Treasure Island'
"I began to feel pretty desperate at this, for I felt altogether helpless; and yet, by an odd train of circumstances, it was indeed through me that safety came."
"Mutiny, it was plain, hung over us like a thunder-cloud."
"My first impulse was one of despair, but my second was towards joy."
"You can kill the body, Mr. Hands, but not the spirit..."
"There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward."
"They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener."
"I began to feel pretty desperate at this, for I felt altogether helpless; and yet, by an odd train of circumstances, it was indeed through me that safety came."
"Mutiny, it was plain, hung over us like a thunder-cloud."
"My first impulse was one of despair, but my second was towards joy."
"You can kill the body, Mr. Hands, but not the spirit..."
"There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward."
"They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener."
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